COUNTRY TRIAL MATCH

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 144, 14 December 1935, Page 6

COUNTRY TRIAL MATCH

TREAT FOR SPECTATORS

(Special to the "Eveninl) Post.") : 1 PALMERSTON N., This Day1. ; Cricket enthusiasts who 'were at the 1 Sportsground yesterday-ifor the first ': ,day of the" North versus South match hs,<3 "eye-ry ireason to congratulate them- j ;-. selves,••for it was a day. of scintillating! i cricket, with the; batsmen all out' toi : get runs against accurate bowling and i : brilliant fielding. Batting first on the good wicket, South, consisting of seven ; Mailawatil,;.'-.- one Southern Hawke's ' Bay, arid three Wairarapa players, knocked up 283 runs in their innings,! . Petersen, of Wairarapa, contributing .77 ; and Moloney, of Manawa'tii, 46, while i five other batsmen, reached .double : figures. With about 90 minutes left !■ for play Norths drawn from Hawke"s ' Bay, Bangitikei, Wanganui, and Taranaki, had'scored 113 at a cost of three wickets,'.!: to ' which total O'Brien ■ (HawkeXß.ay) contributed 64. It was a day.of bright cricket, and there is every jpifc-spect of an exciting finish today..\C.Ti The. was iri splendid order, and dt-^vore Well, this being reflected . in "th^'batting, which,- with one "or two1' exceptions, was free, and "confident. The' rate throughout the day j was better than a run a minute, and •'• would have been very much faster but for the good-length bowling and excep- ;; -tionally keen fielding, this applying to • the work of both teams. ••■• ■■'.:■>«•■ ■ i% SOUTH. .X '::.'■ 'l.'£>. First Innings. },;'t- . ■>■■■'■ 5 Sailey, run out -.v.-i ..... ' 0 iMurchison, st Marshall, b' T. ;;■;•*, Heaney ~. 371 \ fMoloney, lbw, b O'Brien 481 "Cutler, c Cameron, bT. Reaney .. 30 i : Petersen, c Worker, b Betts ...... 77 j ', iWjlson, b O'Brien 25 ;Gallichan, c and b Betts ..;'..;... .29 ifj|is, lbw, b Betts ...":'.-."A;.*i... 0 I SJ&ntgomery, c T. Reaney, b '"''.''- " *'! XJO'Brien ■;';'.''. 9, Sp ! elnlan 4 ..b H. Reaney ............. 4 Berquist^pt out 10 ": fixtta^^ 16 Total. .....283